Key: Bb major
Verse 1
A
I only meant to love you,
B
didn't you know it baby, didn't you know it?
Bm
D
E
Why couldn't you be content
A
with the love I gave you?
D
A
Yeah, I gave you my heart,
B
baby, but you wanted my mind
Bm
D
Oh yeah, your love scares
E
me to death, man
A
It's a choking kind, choking kind
E
A
You can kill a girl with a bottle
B
of poison or a knife
Bm
I know you can't,
D
E
it would hurt her more to take her pride
A
And a ruler of life, oh, it's a shame
Baby, baby,
B
A
D
A
D
E
B
F#m
token cat
F#
B
I only meant to love you
C#m
Didn't you know it, baby?
Didn't you know it?
E
Why couldn't you be con
F#
B
tent with the love I gave you?
I gave you my heart.
C#
You wanted my mind.
C#m
Yes, you did.
E
F#
Your love scares me to death, man.
B
It's the choking kind.
F#
B
You can kill a girl
C#
C#m
With a bottle of poison or a knife
E
It would hurt her more
F#
To take her pride
B
And ruin her life
Oh, it's a shame
Find what you want
Keep it
C#
Treat her sweet and kind
Yeah
C#m
E
I tell you that hat
F#
Don't fit my head
B
It's that choking kind
C#m
Whatever it is, I surely hope you find it
E
Oh, oh, let it breathe
F#
B
Oh, make it that token thing
It makes me want to
C#
C#m
E
F#
B
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah
Tell you your love, your love,
C#
C#m
your love, baby, your love
E
F#
Scares me to death and now
C#
B
is that a joking thing?
Outro 1
yeah
B
C#
C#m
E
F#
B
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